24 Facts About Paul Jewell

Paul Jewell was born on 28 September 1964 and is an English football manager and former player, who was most recently director of football at Swindon Town.

Paul Jewell was appointed manager in 1998 and took City to the Premier League before resigning and becoming manager of Sheffield Wednesday.

Paul Jewell later joined Derby County on 28 November 2007, before resigning 13 months later.

Paul Jewell was appointed manager of Ipswich Town in January 2011, but departed following an unsuccessful reign in October 2012.

Paul Jewell briefly took up assistant coaching roles at West Brom in 2015 and Oldham Athletic in 2017 before being appointed as director of football at Swindon Town in December 2018.

Paul Jewell spent a decade as a player at City scoring 56 league goals in 269 appearances, and forged a successful partnership with Sean McCarthy for four of those seasons.

Paul Jewell had a brief loan spell at Grimsby Town before returning to Bradford.

Paul Jewell was rewarded with a permanent contract when others expected Richmond to recruit a higher-profile replacement.

Paul Jewell handed in his notice after Richmond called City's 17th-placed Premiership finish "a disappointment".

Paul Jewell contended that Jewell had already lined up a job at Sheffield Wednesday whilst still contracted to City, and placed Jewell on gardening leave.

However, Wednesday worked out a compensation package with City, and Paul Jewell was installed as the new manager of the relegated club.

In June 2001, Paul Jewell made his return to management with ambitious Division Two club Wigan Athletic.

On 11 February 2007 during the aftermath of Wigan's defeat at the hands of Arsenal, Paul Jewell accused referee Phil Dowd of failing to award Wigan a penalty and for allowing what appeared to be an offside goal.

Paul Jewell was linked twice to Leicester City; to Wigan again, after his successor, Chris Hutchings, was sacked; and to the Republic of Ireland job.

Paul Jewell acquired former Birmingham City and Blackburn Rovers midfielder Robbie Savage, and former Manchester United and West Ham United goalkeeper Roy Carroll.

Paul Jewell was joined by long time assistant manager Chris Hutchings.

Paul Jewell's first signing as Ipswich manager was the loan signing of his former player at Wigan Athletic Jimmy Bullard.

Paul Jewell left his post as Ipswich Town's manager on 24 October 2012 by mutual consent, with his assistant manager Chris Hutchings becoming caretaker manager.

Paul Jewell was appointed as assistant manager at West Bromwich Albion in January 2015.

Two years later on 30 November 2017, Paul Jewell was appointed as assistant manager of Oldham Athletic, but after just over one month in the role Paul Jewell resigned.

On 11 December 2018, Paul Jewell was appointed as director of football at Swindon Town.

On 26 June 2021, Paul Jewell was reported to be leaving his role at Swindon Town, following the departure of manager John McGreal, his assistant, and the club's chief executive.

Paul Jewell and his wife, Ann-Marie, have two children: a son, Sam, who is a Yorkshire county golfer; and a daughter, Alex.

Paul Jewell's father was a trade union activist in Liverpool.